NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Ms. Suzanne Hayes
Assistant Director
Division of Corporate Finance
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
February 29, 2012
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| National Bank of Greece S.A. |
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| Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2010 |
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| Filed June 23, 2011 |
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| Form 20-F/A for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2010 |
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| Filed July 22, 2011 |
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| Form 6-K furnished August 31st, 2011 |
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| Form 6-K furnished November 29th, 2011 |
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| File No. 001-14960 |
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| Letter from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to National Bank of Greece S.A. (the “Bank”) dated January 27, 2012 |
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| Letter from National Bank of Greece S.A. to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission dated December 9, 2011 |
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| Letter from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to National Bank of Greece S.A. dated October 28, 2011 |
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| Letter from National Bank of Greece to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission dated November 7, 2011 |
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| Letter from National Bank of Greece to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission dated January 31, 2012 |
Dear Ms. Hayes,
I am writing to you in connection with the Staff’s comment letter to National Bank of Greece dated January 27, 2012. We would like to kindly request an extension to Monday, March 5, 2012 to submit our responses to this comment letter.
This extension will allow us to prepare our response letter in a manner that more completely reflects the discussion of the conference call we had on last Thursday February 23, as we continue to work through the comments the Staff helpfully provided in that call.
We appreciate your cooperation,
Apostolos Tamvakakis